diff --git a/tools/drep/drep_compare.xml b/tools/drep/drep_compare.xml
index b645699ec3a..18950f05b61 100644
--- a/tools/drep/drep_compare.xml
+++ b/tools/drep/drep_compare.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<tool id="drep_compare" name="dRep compare" version="@TOOL_VERSION@+galaxy@VERSION_SUFFIX@" profile="@PROFILE@" python_template_version="3.5">
+<tool id="drep_compare" name="dRep compare" version="@TOOL_VERSION@+galaxy@VERSION_SUFFIX@" profile="@PROFILE@">
     <description>compare a list of genomes</description>
-    <expand macro="biotools" />
     <macros>
         <import>macros.xml</import>
     </macros>
-    <expand macro="requirements" />
+    <expand macro="biotools" />
+    <expand macro="requirements" />   
     <command detect_errors="exit_code"><![CDATA[
 @PREPARE_GENOMES@
 dRep compare outdir
diff --git a/tools/drep/drep_dereplicate.xml b/tools/drep/drep_dereplicate.xml
index 1b3af7d4d10..2b2a5730754 100644
--- a/tools/drep/drep_dereplicate.xml
+++ b/tools/drep/drep_dereplicate.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-<tool id="drep_dereplicate" name="dRep dereplicate" version="@TOOL_VERSION@+galaxy@VERSION_SUFFIX@" profile="@PROFILE@" python_template_version="3.5">
+<tool id="drep_dereplicate" name="dRep dereplicate" version="@TOOL_VERSION@+galaxy@VERSION_SUFFIX@" profile="@PROFILE@">
     <description>De-replicate a list of genomes</description>
-    <expand macro="biotools" />
     <macros>
         <import>macros.xml</import>
     </macros>
+    <expand macro="biotools" />
     <expand macro="requirements">
         <requirement type="package" version="1.2.2">checkm-genome</requirement>
     </expand>
diff --git a/tools/drep/macros.xml b/tools/drep/macros.xml
index aace1295684..5234c1da5c7 100644
--- a/tools/drep/macros.xml
+++ b/tools/drep/macros.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <macros>
-    <token name="@TOOL_VERSION@">3.4.5</token>
+    <token name="@TOOL_VERSION@">3.5.0</token>
     <token name="@VERSION_SUFFIX@">0</token>
     <token name="@PROFILE@">20.01</token>
     <xml name="biotools">